Saša Ilić (footballer, born 1972)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Saša Ilić | ||
| Date of birth | 18 July 1972 | ||
| Place of birth | Melbourne, Australia | ||
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Bonnyrigg White Eagles | |||
| Borac Banja Luka | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1992–1993 | Borac Banja Luka | 27 | (0) |
| 1993–1996 | Radnički Niš | 61 | (0) |
| 1996 | St. Leonards Stamcroft | 0 | (0) |
| 1997–2002 | Charlton Athletic | 51 | (0) |
| 2000 | → West Ham United (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2001 | → Portsmouth (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | ZTE | 4 | (0) |
| 2003 | Portsmouth | 0 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | Barnsley | 25 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | Blackpool | 3 | (0) |
| 2005 | Aberdeen | 0 | (0) |
| 2005 | Leeds United | 0 | (0) |
| Total | 179 | (0) | |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1998–2001 | FR Yugoslavia | 2 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 June 2015. | |||
Saša Ilić (Serbian Cyrillic: Саша Илић, pronounced [sâʃa ǐːliːt͡ɕ] or [îːliːt͡ɕ]; born 18 July 1972) is a retired Serbian-Australian football goalkeeper.
Club career
Born in Melbourne, Ilić started his career with Sydney-based Bonnyrigg White Eagles before transferring to Borac Banja Luka in Bosnia.
Ilić later joined Charlton Athletic, where he became most well-known. He was a regular in goal in the latter half of the 1997–98 season and kept a record 10 clean sheets in a row, including both play-off semi-finals against Ipswich Town. The run was ended as Charlton gained promotion after a classic 4–4 play-off final, in which he saved the deciding penalty from Michael Gray in a 7-6 win over Sunderland on penalties in the First Division play-off final. After Charlton's relegation in 1998–99, Ilić lost his place in the team to new signing Dean Kiely.[1]
In February 2000 he went on loan to West Ham United but made just one appearance - a 4-0 defeat at home to Everton in the Premier League.[2] In September 2001 he went on loan to Portsmouth and made seven appearances.
Ilić left Charlton in 2002 and joined Hungarian side ZTE where he played against Manchester United in a UEFA Champions League qualifier. ZTE won the first leg 1-0 but lost the second leg 5-0, a game in which Ilić was also sent off for a foul on Ruud van Nistelrooy.[3]
International career
Ilić made two appearances for the Serbia and Montenegro national football team. His debut was against in 1998 in a friendly match Israel as a second-half substitute[4] and his second and last appearance was in a home loss against Russia during the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification.[5]
References
- ↑ "Pick a number...". talkfootball. 2007-08-21. Retrieved 2010-08-19.
- ↑ "Barmby treble smashes Hammers". BBC. 26 February 2000. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
- ↑ "Rampant Reds on the march". BBC. 27 August 2002. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
- ↑ http://www.rsssf.com/tablesj/joeg-intres90.html
- ↑ http://www.rsssf.com/tablesj/joeg-intres2000.html
External links
- Saša Ilić career statistics at Soccerbase
- Saša Ilić at National-Football-Teams.com
- Saša Ilić at Reprezentacija.rs